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The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) – acting on behalf of the two universities involved in the Usquare.brussels project, ULB and VUB – and the Urban Development Corporation ( SAU ) have published a European public procurement notice with a view to appointing the general contractor responsible...

Usquare.brussels, the conversion programme for the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, has just taken an important step forwards: the Brussels-Capital Region has issued planning permission for the first two projects for the renovation and repurposing of iconic buildings on the site. The...

Two Brussels initiatives (Usquare.brussels, the conversion programme for the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, and the planning of the Canal Area) are among the ‘best practices’ included on the #EUGreenDeal map . This evolving map is an initiative of the European Committee of the Regions...

Usquare.brussels, the programme for the conversion of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles, has entered a new operational development phase with the launch by the Housing Corporation of the Brussels-Capital Region (SLRB-BGHM) of a competitive tender relating to a design and works...

On the initiative of Minister-President Rudi Vervoort, the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region voted in favour of the Territorial Development Plan for Usquare.brussels on its second reading today. More information: www.perspective.brussels www.rudivervoort.brussels

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU), which is coordinating the conversion of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles as part of the Usquare.brussels project, is working on the development of an energy management strategy for the twenty or so current and future buildings on the 3.85...

The Urban Development Corporation (SAU) has appointed a consortium run by ROTOR (together with SECO and 3DCM Consult) to assist it in setting up a circular economy approach for various demolition, construction and conversion operations on the site of the former Fritz Toussaint barracks at the corner...

More pictures here. Two weeks of geothermal test drilling began on the Usquare.brussels site on Thursday 12 March. The drilling is an initiative of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in the context of the repurposing of several buildings of the former...

From 9 to 13 March, the Usquare.brussels site got rhythm with the music programme ‘Decibels’. The RTBF teams set up shop in the former Fritz Toussaint barracks in Ixelles to record the next six shows, to be broadcast from mid-April, spotlighting six renowned artists . This will further raise the...